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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2023 December 1   
      
                                 Milky Way Rising   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Jos+¬ Rodrigues   
      
      Explanation: The core of the Milky Way is rising beyond the Chilean   
      mountain-top La Silla Observatory in this deep night skyscape. Seen   
      toward the constellation Sagittarius, our home galaxy's center is   
      flanked on the left, by the European Southern Observatory's New   
      Technology Telescope which pioneered the use of active optics to   
      accurately control the shape of large telescope mirrors. To the right   
      stands the ESO 3.6-meter Telescope, home of the exoplanet hunting HARPS   
      and NIRPS spectrographs. Between them, the galaxy's central bulge is   
      filled with obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, bright stars,   
      clusters, and nebulae. Prominent reddish hydrogen emission from the   
      star-forming Lagoon Nebula, M8, is near center. The Trifid Nebula, M20,   
      combines blue light of a dusty reflection nebula with reddish emission   
      just left of the cosmic Lagoon. Both are popular stops on telescopic   
      tours of the galactic center. The composited image is a stack of   
      separate exposures for ground and sky made in April 2023, all captured   
      consecutively with the same framing and camera equipment.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend   
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